Scathing disdain for new B62 bus line in Brooklyn & Long Island City

New B62 bus stop at Jackson Ave and 11th St, Long Island City

Well it finally happened. The legendary B61 bus route, which ran from Red Hook (Brooklyn) to Long Island City has been split into two routes, and the brand new B62 line now runs a humble route from Downtown Brooklyn to Queens Plaza. Though the intention was to ease congestion and improve bus service, the general consensus about the B62 has been quite… unsatisfactory. The MTA disappoints? Shocking.

Por ejemplo:

“A twenty three minute wait!?! Are they out of their minds??? It used to be every 10 minutes at that hour! And for good reason! A lot of people take the bus at that hour! Where the hell is the 7:04 that I used to take?! Why did they eliminate MY bus?! It was always crowded! Now it was going to be even MORE crowded! Are they nuts??”

“I hate the new B62 and I’m outraged over their choice to slash buses per hour. The idea to cut the route in half made sense (though it’s already not working to reduce the stacked bus issue) but to cut the number of buses per hour – especially from 6 down to 4! during rush hour – is sheer idiocy on the part of the MTA.”

Y mas:

“And to think people are paying through the nose to live in Greenpoint, where residents are served by an overcrowded go-nowhere train that arrives every ten minutes or an overcrowded bus with a well-designed route that arrives every thirteen minutes. The B61 used to be my savior from the G train, going that extra ‘stop’ from Court Square to Queens Plaza that the G no longer makes, allowing me to forgive the bus when it showed up when it felt like it. Now I’m nonplussed. Thanks, MTA, for the B sixty-screw.”

• New B62 bus schedule [MTA]

• The B62 brings longer bus waits! [Gothamist]

• The end of yet another transit affair [Musings of an Irate Commuter]

• MTA fail [Bitchy Bluestocking]

• Transit breaks up the B61 [Second Ave Sagas]